Sri Lanka Boy Footwear: Barefeet



Figure 1.-- The first photo shows a village primary school in Sri Lanka during 2006. All the pupils wear school uniform. Two boys wear ties. None of the children wear shoes. A reader writes, "Do you think it is poverty or climate that gives rise to bare feet here?" HBC is not entirely sure. I think today is less a factor than climate and custom.

We note many Sri Lanka children go barefoot. Many children at school are barefooT. The photograph shows a village primary school in Sri Lanka during 2006. All the pupils wear school uniform. Two boys wear ties. None of the children wear shoes. A reader writes, "Do you think it is poverty or climate that gives rise to bare feet here?" HBC is not entirely sure. Those are certainly both factors. I think today is less a factor than climate and custom. A reader writes, "I have not visited Sri Lanka, but in 2006 I was in India a month. There are many similarities between India and Sri Lanka. I think that many people (children and adults) in both Sri Lanka and India go barefoot because they prefer to do so. I think that many Indians go barefoot for choice for many reasons. For example, I saw children going to or returning from school wearing footwear (often flip flops) or barefoot. But I saw also school children walking with the footwear in their hands."







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